Rick Warren Videocast Notes

A couple of weeks ago, I had the staff watch Rick Warren's videocast. Here are some highlights from my notes:

• Leverage texting technologies to text your congregation scriptures and greetings.
  
• "It's not when we see the light, but when we feel the heat that we change."
  
• Pastors need to be sure to teach a balanced diet of "hold up", "build up" and "fire up" messages. The first brings a crowd, the second build character and the third builds the church.
  
• When preparing a preaching schedule for the year, think in terms of themes.
  
• Every sermon has three applications: personal life, church body (corporate) and world (what to do in society). Draw all three out for people.
  
• Sermons are not enough to change your church. People forget 90-95% of what is communicated verbally in 48 hours.